It’s Alive! – Read a horror story featuring monsters
December 31, 2020
 | The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher In this creepy found-footage style novel, a young woman and her dog travel to North Carolina to clean out her deceased grandmother’s home. She quickly stumbles upon unsettling secrets and a strange colony of beings in the woods. Book |
 | The Ritual by Adam Nevill Three university buddies start to quarrel on their hike in the Scandinavian wilderness near the Arctic Circle. In this haunting creature feature, a member of the party, Luke, takes the group on a short cut that leads them to an ancient pagan sacrificial site and a beast that is ready to hunt. Book |
 | A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill This interesting coming-of-age cosmic horror story features a boy named Noah who has been shielded by his mother and sister from his father’s compulsive construction of a haunted house. He considers the ultimate sacrifice when he chooses to recognize a monster that his family has been trying to ignore. Book eBook |
 | Devolution by Max Brooks A modern retelling of the Bigfoot legend, this gruesome and action-packed novel takes place in a high-tech Pacific Northwest community and is told through a woman’s journal entries as the community becomes cut off from the rest of the world after a volcanic eruption. Book eBook |
 | The Twilight Pariah by Jeffrey Ford Three college students discover a vial of red liquid and the skeleton of a horned child in a mansion’s outhouse. With likable characters and descriptive writing, this novel details how these students’ lives are wrecked by a monster that will stop at nothing to retrieve its child. Book |
 | Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones In this “werewolf among us” story with a twist, a marginalized family exists on the outside of a society that doesn’t care about them. They watch as a young boy traverses the night to see if he will display the same features that have shaped their unusual lives. Book eBook Audio eBook |
 | A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising by Raymond A. Villareal A pandemic virus has swept across the world in this intricately plotted, suspenseful novel, which transformed victims into beautiful, vampire-like beings. They begin to rise in all sectors of society, before one runs for political office. Book |
 | The Burning World by Isaac Marion In this reflective zombie apocalypse novel, Zombie R is learning new survival skills and contemplating a relationship with the woman who restarted his heart. Meanwhile, people are coming to fix his undead world. Book Audio eBook |
 | The Pandora Room by Christopher Golden When what appears to be Pandora’s box is found in an ancient city, the US Department of Defense sends Dr. Ben Walker to examine it. The neighboring countries fighting over its ownership is only one problem Dr. Walker faces, because jihadi forces are hot on his trail. This novel contains well-developed characters and plenty of suspense! Book Audio eBook |
 | Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant Victoria Stewart and her crew are setting sail for the Mariana trench to look for the wreckage of the Atargatis. This ship had Victoria’s sister on it when it was lost at sea filming a mockumentary about sea creatures of the deep. This novel is for those who are looking for something gruesome and fast-paced. Book eBook Audio eBook |